Your television represents the hub of your living room. The size of your largest TV is probably a point of pride among your family and friends. As much as you love your unit, you probably take the genius of the technology for granted. Here’s a quick look at the evolution of television.

It seems that technology is the most powerful factor in shaping our everyday realities. Internet alone has changed so many things and transformed them to seem completely different than they were in the past.

Since its first demonstration in the mid-1920s television has gone through five major shifts that affect the way viewers consume it. Now we’re on the verge of a sixth shift that will bring it kicking and screaming into a brave new world of TV everywhere.